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I still can't wrap my mind around what happened. It was last saturday, but the memories of the events just seem branded into my mind. To see so many wounded and killed so senselessly--to have a Congresswoman--my Congresswoman gunned down by some trigger-happy lunatic...it just seems surreal, for lack of a better word.
I went with my mom to the little girl's (nine, she was nine for fucks sake) funeral. I've never seen so many kids at a funeral before. It was disconcerting to see. I had to wonder if they even understood what was going on. That their friend, their fellow classmate was gone and wasn't coming back. That tomorrow as they attended class there would be one seat that would always remain empty.
And this was just one of the six victims the damn madman claimed in his insanity. I'm not sure I can ever bring myself to forgive him. What he did to us--to Tucson, to the whole nation. He shattered our sense of security; despite knowing that he's behind bars, I still hesitate in going out. I mean, the shooting happened at a Safeway for christ's sake.
The only good that's come out of this, is the reaffirmation that there is good in us. That we are capable of coming together and hopefully out of this tragedy, we will rise anew with a greater strength.
At least, that is my hope.
I went with my mom to the little girl's (nine, she was nine for fucks sake) funeral. I've never seen so many kids at a funeral before. It was disconcerting to see. I had to wonder if they even understood what was going on. That their friend, their fellow classmate was gone and wasn't coming back. That tomorrow as they attended class there would be one seat that would always remain empty.
And this was just one of the six victims the damn madman claimed in his insanity. I'm not sure I can ever bring myself to forgive him. What he did to us--to Tucson, to the whole nation. He shattered our sense of security; despite knowing that he's behind bars, I still hesitate in going out. I mean, the shooting happened at a Safeway for christ's sake.
The only good that's come out of this, is the reaffirmation that there is good in us. That we are capable of coming together and hopefully out of this tragedy, we will rise anew with a greater strength.
At least, that is my hope.